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Container Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Barium-Barite, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046899
MRDS ID M242126
Record type Site
Current site name Container Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.24955, 37.85771 (WGS84)
Elevation 2304
Relative position 3.7 MILES SE OF KENNEDY POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davis Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S;001S 033E;034E 13;18 E2 OF E2 (13); NW OF NW (18) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1/4 MILE WEST OF THE RED ROCK MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Quartz Gangue
Barite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Palmetto
    Rock description Palmetto
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.24955, 37.85771
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Fault And Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 80 W
    Dip 40-50 NW
    Width 7.62M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 40-50 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Zones Along Or Near Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IN ROOF PENDANT OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1927
Discoverer G.D. Mills

Mining district

District name Fish Lake Valley District (White Mountain District)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. E. Pitts, J. L. And C. A. Mckinney Of Dyer, The A. N. Gibbs Estate Of Ojai, California
    First year 1944

Comments on the production information

  • VISIBLE RESERVES VERY LOW (1943)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS CONNECTED BY A COMBINED ORE CHUTE/SHAFT THAT EXTENDS TO THE SURFACE. A SMALL GLORY HOLE CONNECTS WITH THE UPPER LEVEL BY A STOPE AND ORE-PASS. ALSO INCLUDED ARE 2 OPEN PITS AND 2 300-FT ADITS

Comments on development

  • G.D. MILLS PRODUCED 32 FLASKS OF QUICKSILVER BEFORE SELLING IT IN 1928 TO J.L. MCKINNEY AND ASSOCIATES. FROM 1928 TO 1943 THESE OWNERS DID SOME EXPLORATORY WORK, AND IN 1941 THEY PRODUCED 33 FLASKS OF QUICKSILVER FROM HAND-SORTED ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO., NEV; NBMG BULL. 78,

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 38 NO. 5; GEOL & MIN. SER. NO. 41, P. 70.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF 15 AUGUST 1982

  • Production

    BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A. (1944), P. 70. USBM UNPUB DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR OCCURS AS SMALL CRYSTALLINE VEINLETS AND PAINTY COATINGS IN BRECCIATED ZONES IN THE SILICIFIED HOST ROCK. IT SEEMS TO BE CONCENTRATED ALONG OR NEAR FAULTS. BRECCIATED ZONE IN QUARTZITE, RECEMENTED WITH QUARTZ. OPEN SPACE SURFACES COATED WITH IRON OXIDE. SOME DUMP SPECIMENS HAVE A FINE DUSTING OF CINNABAR SOME HG CL (?) (YELLOW MINERAL-EITHER SB OR HG CL); YELLOW BARITE CRYSTALS IN VUGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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